LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE RELEASED THE RESULTS OF “OPERATION LILLY.” IT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN ALBUQUERQUE AFTER FOUR YEAR OLD LILLY GARCIA WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 40.
BETWEEN NOVEMBER 18TH AND THE END OF FEBRUARY OVER 16-HUNDRED CITATIONS FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING WERE HANDED OUT BY STATE POLICE, APD AND THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. MOTORISTS WERE CITED FOR THINGS LIKE SPEEDING, UNSAFE LANE CHANGES, FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY, DRAG RACING, FAILING TO STAY IN ONE’S LANE AND TEXTING WHILE DRIVING. 25 ARRESTS WERE MADE, INCLUDING FIVE FOR DWI.
